Nicolas Alphonse Salin (5 July 1798 – 6 June 1878) was a French
playwright and
chansonnier.
Biography
An employee at the Chancellery until 1830 and then at the
Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris
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, where he became chief controller for coinage (1857), his
plays
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were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:
Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine,
Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.
His songs were published in ''
Le Caveau''. He was made a knight of the
Legion of honour
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on 13 August 1861
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Works
*1823: ''L'Espagne délivrée'', cantata
*1836: ''L'Amour et l'homéopathie'', vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...
in 2 acts, with Adolphe Jadin and Henri de Tully
Jules-Henry de Tully (1 May 1798 – 12 July 1846) was a French librettist and playwright.
Life
A deputy Commissioner of the king at the Monnaie de Paris, a member of the Société Lyrique, an administrator of the Théâtre du Luxembourg, he ...
*1839: ''Un cœur de livres de rente'', vaudeville n 1 act
*1839: ''Une Matinée aux Prés Saint-Gervais'', vaudeville en un acte, with Alfred Bouet
*1839: ''Une nièce d'Amérique'', vaudeville en 1 act
*1839: ''Le Salon dans la mansarde'', vaudeville in 1 act
*1840: ''Dodore en pénitence'', soliloquy-vaudeville in 1 act
*1841: ''Les Mousquetaires'', dramea vaudeville in 2 acts
*1841: ''La Nièce du pasteur'', comédie en vaudevilles
The ''comédie en vaudevilles'' () was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001.
Evolution
The an ...
in 2 acts
*1841: ''L'Ange de la bienfaisance'', song
*1860: ''Santé portée à M. Richard Bérenger, commandant le 18e bataillon de la Garde nationale'', song
*1860: ''Les Reines du jour'', song
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*1866: ''Les Bottes neuves'', song
*undated: ''L'épouvantail'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Narcisse Fournier
Narcisse Louis Pierre Fournier (24 November 1803 – 24 April 1880) was a French journalist, novelist and playwright.
Life
He began his literary career aged 22 with two pieces, ''les Secrets de Cœur'' and ''la Poupée''. From then on he prod ...
*1889: ''Mademoiselle !'', chanson, music by Frédéric Boissière, posth.
Bibliography
* Louis Gustave Vapereau
Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''.
Biography
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, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1861, (p. 1556)
References
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French chansonniers
People from Montargis
1798 births
1878 deaths
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